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Screening as part of the Star And Shadow Cinema’s Cinema Of The World season, Shoaib Mansoor’s 2007 film focuses on the problems faced by many Pakistani Muslims in the post-9/11 climate. Viewed as potential terrorists by the West on account of their faith, they are also harassed by the fundamentalists who criticise them for their relatively liberal attitudes.

A sweeping epic set on three continents, the film follows Pakistani brothers Sarmad and Mansoor and their British-born cousin Mary as they variously encounter fundamentalism, US interrogation techniques and paternal oppression. In The Name Of God is a rare example of an Asian film that has been made to highlight serious issues, rather than simply to entertain.